YEREVAN. – At 7:40pm on Tuesday, the police department at Zvartnots International Airport of Yerevan received a report from the aviation security that there was a disallowed item in the luggage of a passenger of the Yerevan-Makhachkala flight.

Criminal investigators and aviation security officers of the airport found a gun in the luggage of a 21-year-old foreigner who was a passenger of the aforesaid flight, the Police of Armenia inform Armenian News-NEWS.am.

The young man was taken to the Zvartnots airport police department, then handed over to the investigative body.

An investigation is underway.